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Milton Executive Meeting Records (including Milton Preparative and Marlborough Preparative Meetings (Orthodox))

 Collection — othertype: SW/NY/M596
Identifier: QM-NY-M596

Scope and Contents

Records of Milton Executive Meeting and its predecessors, Milton Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) and Marlborough Preparative Meeting (pre-Separation and Orthodox), 1820-1963.

Dates

  • 1820-1963

Creator

Language of Materials

These records are entirely in English

Limitations on Accessing the Collection

Where available, access is through microfilm.

Copyright and Rights Information

Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Biographical / Historical

A meeting for worship at Newmarlborough was allowed by Nine Partners Monthly Meeting in 1776; the preparative meeting was in existence before 1780. It was set off under Creek Monthly Meeting in 3mo 1782, and then to Cornwall, when it in turn was established in 1788. It became part of Marborough Monthly Meeting in 1804. The name of Marlborough Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was changed to Milton in 1888. Milton Executive Meeting was laid down in 1963.

Extent

0.7 Linear Feet (10 volumes and 1 folder)

Overview

Records of Milton Executive Meeting and its predecessors, Milton Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) and Marlborough Preparative Meeting (pre-Separation and Orthodox), 1820-1963.

Arrangement

Divided into Series: Minutes (men's and joint): 1.1 1828-1833, 1.2 1833-1845, 1.3 1845-1856, 1.4 1876-1901, 1.5 1902-1921, 1.6 1921-1963; Women's minutes: 2.1 1820-1837, 2.2 1837-1862, 2.3 1863-1882; Milton Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor: 3.1 1896-1908; Finance and Property: 4.1 Sale of Highland Mills 1860-1938.

Physical Location

This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Custodial History

Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposit, 1997.

Title
Milton Executive Meeting Records (including Milton Preparative and Marlborough Preparative Meetings (Orthodox))
Author
Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff
Date
2007
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

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